Cabinet closure



July 14, 1936. G. J. DOYLE 2,047,461

CABINET CLOSURE Filed Dec. 13, 1934 2 Sheets-'Sheet 1 July 14, G. J DOYLE CABINET CLOS'URE I Filed Deo; 15, 1934 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented July i4, 1936 UNITED STATES CABINET CLO SURE Glennon J. Doyle, Clayton, Mo., assignor to C. Nelson Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application December 13, 1934, serial No. '157,254

13 Claims.

This invention relates to cabinet closures, and more particularly to closures for refrigerating cabinets for ice cream and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a closure that may be removably seated in the top opening ofsa refrigerating cabinet to serve as a n sealing closure therefor and which may be easily operated to expose alternate ends of the top opening, with provision for preventing moisture or condensation from entering the cabinet open. lng.

Another object of the 'invention is to provide a construction of the class mentioned which may be easily and economically manufactured and which Wil1' have a finished and attractive appearance.

Additional advantages of the construction will be apparent from the following detail description thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view.

Fig. 2 is an edge view.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the top plate for one section of the closure.

Fig. 4 is an edge View of the same element.

Fig.-5 is a cross sectional, view taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 'l'.

Fig. 6 is a cross section illustrating in detail a hinge-construction and the construction of the matching edges of the closure sections.

Fig. 'I is an enlarged plan View, partially in section, further illustrating the construction.

Fig. 8 is a cross section taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. '7.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the closure is shown as including two sections hinged together substantially intermediate of the joint length of the, sections. As the sections are substantially duplicate in construction, in describing the construction reference will be made to the constructions in the singular. Each section includes a body member of unitary construction and preferably formed from vulcanized rubber. This body member has a bottom wall l with integrally formed upwardly extending side walls 2, an inner end wall 3 and an outer end wall il, thereby forming an enclosed enlarged recess or chamber defined by the inner surface of said walls. The walls 2 and 4 are upwardly and outwardly flaring to match a cooperating surface of the top opening of a cabinet. The tapered walls provide a close and tight seal for the cabinet opening and have particular utility in preventing heat transfer from (Cl. B20-24) cabinets used for the storage of ice .cream cans and the like.

Around the upper margin of the walls 2 and 4 is an over-hanging bead 5 having a concave recess 6 in its under surface. The bead 5 is preferably 5 fabricated from a vulcanized rubber, vulcanized to a degree of hardness somewhat less than the body portion of the body member. The bead 5 is bonded to the margin of the body member by vulcanization of the two characters of material 10 comprising the bead and the body member.

It will be understood that the cabinet opening is provided with a convex bead over which the bead 5 fits, the bead on the cabinet seating in the concave portion of the bead 5, thus forming 15 a tight seal.

y The inner end wall 3 has its outer face formed preferably from a material that is pliable and resilient and where the body member is formed of hard rubber, this face is preferably made of 20 rubber bonded to the harder rubber of the body member. t is preferable thatthe thickness of the resilient wall increases toward the bottom of the body member, forming a tight joint bev tween the matching edges of the two sections of 5 the closure.

The cabinet or chamber formed by the walls of i the body member is preferably filled with a compacted body of insulating material i to reduce the heat transfer through the closure mema0 ber.

Each of the closure sections is provided with a top plate, one of which is illustrated in detail in Figs. 3 and 4. This plate 8 has a downwardturned marginal flange 9 that extends around the side and outer edges thereof. The inner portion of the plate is provided with an up-turned inwardly inclined flange l0, and upon the top face of the plate is an angular bead ll pressed from the body of the metal forming the plate. The inner portion of each of the side edges of the plate 8 is extended horizontally to form ledges l2. The bead Il terminates at each end in the ledge portions of the plate t and extends so that the apex of the bead is approximately on an intermediate line of the width of the plate 8. This formation of kthe bead tends to deflect any liquid formed from condensation Aor otherwise that accumulates on the plate 8 to the side of the closure, the liquid draining across the ledges I2 and away from the adjacent edges of the two sections of the closure. Any .liquid forming inwardly of the bead Il is deflected upwardly and away from the space between the two sections of the closure when one or the other of the sections thereof is raised.

The top edge of the walls forming the body of each section of the closure has a recess i3 therein in which the ange Si seats and in order to hold the plate 8 in assembly with the body of the closure section ears lll are connected with the inner face of the flange. These ears extend down into extensions of the recess i3 and screws I5 pass through the opening in the ears ill and into a ferrule i@ set into the wall of the body member, the heads of said screws i5 being seated in countersunk openings through the walls, of the closure sections and, after the screws have been seated, the countersunlr. recesses are illed with appropriate material Vil so as to seal the screw heads and leave the side surfaces of the body member smooth.

Each oi the sections of the closure member is provided with a knob I8 that is screwed through an opening in the plate 8 and into a ferrule i@ seated in the top face of the wali d.

The two sections are hinged together by hinge construction which comprises hinge straps having a at section 28 and an upwardly extending knuckle section 2i. The portions ii@ extend under the inner edge of the plate il and are secured to the top face of the wall 'il by screws 22 that extend into ferrules 23 seated in recesses formed in the top face of the walls E. A pintle pin 2d extends through the knuckles of the hinge sections and forms a pivot connection upon which either one or the other of the sections of the closure may be raised. The hinge proper terminates inwardly from the outer edges of the body portion of the closure sections and that portion of the upper face of the walls il of each of the sections that extends outwardly from the termination of the hinge is formed with flanges 25 having a concave inner face 2G.

.It has been found in practice that, due to condensation and other causes, liquid tends to form on the top of the closure sections and unless the hinge space between the adjacent edges of the two sections is protected against the flow of this liquid, it enters the cabinet opening. TheA construction described provides against the ingress of this liquid to the cabinet when either one of he sections is raised, the major portion of the accumulation being deflected across the ledges i?. and oi to each side of the closure, draining outside of the cabinet. Additionally, the construction provides for deecting any liquid accumulating within the area' adjacent to the matching edges of the closure members over the top of the hinge, thereby preventing its ingress into thev space between the adjacent edges of the closure sections.

I am aware that the invention may be modied in certain particulars without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. I do not limit myself therefore to the exact construction shown and described, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A closure for cabinets and the like comprising two closure sections, hinge means connecting the sections together permitting either to be raised, a v-shaped deector means the apex of which is spaced from the hinge means. and the arms of which extend to adjacent the hinge means near the lateral edges of said closure, for defiecting liquid formed on the top of either section from the space between the adjacent edges of the sections and to the side thereof, and supplemental means for deecting liquid accumunoemer lated said V-shaped deector from the hinge connecting said sections.

2. A closure for cabinets and the like comprising two sections each including a body member forming an internal chamber, a top plate 5 seated on the top of said body member and terminating inwardly from the lateral edges 0.1i the sections, said plate being provided with an angular deiecting head terminating adjacent to the side edges therefor for deectlng liquid formed w thereon, means at seid side edges and beyond said plate for conveying the liquid entirely to the edge of the section, a hinge connecting said sections together, and means for securing said top plate in connection with said body member.

3. A closure for cabinets and the like comprising two sections each including a body member forming an internal chamber, a top plate seated on the top oi said body member and having upwardly projecting flanges at its inner end and said plate being provided with an angular deectmg bead and terminating adjacent to the side edges thereof for deiiecting liquid formed thereon, a hinge connecting said sections together, said hinge lying under said anges and 2s means for securing said top plate in connection with said body member.

4. A closure for cabinets and the like comprising two sections each including a body member forming an internal chamber, a top plate seated 30 on the top of said body member, hinge means including a pintle portion upstanding from the juncture of said sections, and laterally projecting hinge straps seated under the inner edge of said top plate, deecting means on said top plate 35- extending upwardly therefrom at the end thereoi and lying along said pintle portion, and means for securing said top plate in connection with l said body member.

' by either section may be swung relative to the other, a shield element upstanding from each section and lying along said hinge, whereby matter on the top of said sections is deflected from the hinge means and no passage from either section into the space between the sections is present.

7. A. closure including two sections having contiguous edges, a hinge means joining said edges G0 and having its swinging axis in the plane of said edges, whereby either section may be hinged re1- ative to the other, means forming a top plate for each section extending to the hinge, and an upstanding extension on each top plate on the @5 end thereof adjacent said hinge and constituting a deector to prevent matter on top of each section from passing through the hinge and between the sections.

8. A closure including two sections having con- 70 tiguous edges, a hinge including the usual two portions, one `ioined to each section, and a plntle joining said two portions whereby said sections are hinged together, a part of each hinge portion lying on its respective section, and the remaining 75 part of each portion extending upwardly therefrom, the pintlepassing through said latter portion, a top plate for each section and overlying the part of the hinge portion lying on the said section, and an extension on said top plate upstanding therefrom and extending nearlyto the top of the upwardly extending hinge part where- `by to constitute a deflector,

9. In a device of the kind described, two closure sections having contiguous edges, hinge means extending along part of said edges whereby either section may be swung relative to the other, said hinge means having an upstanding pintle portion, a flange upstanding from each section and lying contiguous to and along said pintle portions and providing flanges on the opposite sides thereof, and additional flanges on each section beyond said hinge means, said additional flanges having faces forming continua.- tions of said contiguous edges of said sections, whereby the flange on one section rests against the flange on the other section when the closure sections are in one position of their operation.

10. A device of the kind described including `two sections having contiguous edges, a flange on each section adjacent the contiguous edge, and upstanding from the plane of the section, said upstanding flanges dening a channel between them, and hinge means joining the two sections, said hinge means having its pintle portion in the channel between said upstanding por-` tions. .I

11. A device of the kind described, including two sections having contiguous edges, a flange on each section spaced inwardly from the contiguous edge and upstanding from the plane of the section, said iianges defining a channel between them, and hinge means joining said sec- 5- tion, said hinge means having a pintle portion in the plane of said contiguous edges, and in said channel portion, the flanges lying along and against said pintle portion.

12. A closure including two sections, hinge 10 means common to said sections and joining them so that either may 'be swung relative to the other.

a deiiector on each section and lying along that portion of the hinge means on the respective section, whereby matter on top of said sections is i5 deected away from the space between the sections.

13. In a device of the kind described, a closure' section, a member to which said section is attached, hinge means uniting said section and said 20 `member, defiecting means upstanding from the GLENNON J. DOYLE. 

